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Guard served as supply ship at Cadiz, Spain from 16 August 1866 to 1869 for the European Fleet

Decommissioned, 5 November 1869, at New York

Recommissioned, 17 January 1870, LCDR. Edward P. Lull in command, to take part in the Darien Expedition

Guard conducted hydrographic surveys to determine what route, if any, would be best for a ship canal across the isthmus

12 August to 3 October 1870 USS Guard sailed from New York to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia with supplies

Decommissioned at New York, 3 August 1871

Recommissioned, 1 February 1873, CDR. Charles A. Babcock in command

Guard sailed from New York 22 March with goods, exhibits, and construction materiel for the Vienna Exposition of 1873

Decommissioned, 27 April 1874

Recommissioned, 18 August 1877, at New York, LCDR. F. M. Green in command, her mission was to determine by means of the submarine cable the longitudes between Lisbon,
Madeira, the Cape de Verde Islands, Pernambuco, and Buenos Aires